Bespoke Exhibition Stands

Are you searching for an engaging and inspirational exhibition stand?

What kind of exhibition stand is right for your exhibiting? Here we examine some of the terminology and options you face, when looking for an exhibition stand solution. Then we take a look at the benefits, characteristics and functionality of exhibition stands created in the Prestige Events System.

Quadrant2Design, design and build, custom-designed exhibition stands that are modular, scalable, portable and reusable. Available in hire, purchase, self-build or professional-build formats.

Sustainable Exhibition Stands

What makes an exhibition stand sustainable? We use the Prestige Events System to create exhibiting campaigns for you, that are as sustainable as possible, and which will enhance your environmental reputation.

Modular Exhibition Stands

Our exhibition stand system - the Prestige Events System - is the only genuinely modular solution capable of forming professional, custom-designed exhibits, that are reconfigurable and reusable in different stand space.

Reusable Exhibition Stands

You can avoid the shocking waste of 'old-fashioned' exhibition stands, where you re-invent the wheel every time you exhibit, by creating your exhibition stands in the Prestige Events System. These stands can be reconfigured and reused in different stand space, at future shows, saving you money while enhancing your environmental reputation.

Self-build Exhibition Stands

Our Prestige exhibition stands have so many great self-build characteristics, it's hard knowing where to start! But let's give it a go: our stands are lightweight to transport, yet strong and stable when built. They are built without tools and are therefore extremely safe to build. Plus they are superbly engineered and carefully designed to be as intuitive to build as is possible.

Portable Exhibition Stands

So many of our competitors' exhibition solutions are difficult to transport and store. Even larger stands created in the Prestige Events System can typically be transported in an estate car or small van. This feeds into and reinforces the ease-of-use and sustainability benefits our exhibition stands.

What are your options when exhibiting..?

It’s easy to be confused by the terminology used in the exhibition industry. It is often confusing, sometimes deliberately so! Here is an honest description of the various solutions you will encounter when investigating an exhibition stand solution.

Custom-built stands

These are traditionally built exhibition stands manufactured from timber products, steel and acrylic. They are typically glued and screwed together on site. With a good budget and in the hands of a good designer, they offer maximum originality. However, they are shockingly wasteful and environmentally damaging. And they’re almost impossible to reconfigure and reuse in different stand space at future shows.

Modular display stands

Unfortunately, when searching for an exhibition stand solution, you will meet suppliers who misrepresent their solutions. No term is more often misrepresented than the term ‘modular’. Nearly all of the modular exhibiting solutions offered are in-fact, display stands, not exhibition stands. These display stands are fine for small, two-dimensional graphic displays, but are not capable of forming complex, professional-looking, bespoke exhibition stands. Don’t invest in a display, when you really need an exhibition stand.

Popup display stands

We all grew up marketing the humble, yet effective popup exhibition stand! These are the simple curved graphic displays you see at shows and in retail situations. They are great for ‘starter-exhibiting’ or as portable displays… but they are not exhibition stands.

What are Custom-Modular exhibition stands..?

Custom-modular exhibition stand systems are as rare as hens teeth!

These are essentially exhibition stand solutions that are bespoke to the client’s design requirements (hence we call them ‘custom-designed) but which offer all the benefits of modularity, scalability and reusability.

So they are beautifully engineered exhibition systems, that provide a lovely custom-designed look and feel, but which ‘under-the-bonnet’ are modular, scalable and reusable.

Thus combining the benefits of ‘modular’ and ‘custom’ – hence the term ‘custom-modular’ exhibition stands.

Our Prestige Events System is the worlds leading custom-modular exhibiting solution.

Invented by our Swiss colleague and friend, inventor Peter Petersen in the late 1970s, Prestige has a long and distinguished design pedigree.

Since 2003 Quadrant2Design have been a big part of the Prestige story, and we are now the exclusive supplier of this amazing solution.

Since 2003 we have further developed our exhibition stands, emphasising the beautiful look and feel of panoramic graphic display, with integrated product showcasing and digital flat-screen presentations.

Your Prestige stands will give you that classy custom-built look while increasing your return-on-investment through its modular, scalable and reusable characteristics.

Exhibition Stands FAQ

We’ve been supplying exhibition stands for over twenty years and we’ve heard it all. Here are three of the most frequently asked questions…

What should I pay?: This is such an understandable question, yet so difficult to answer. A rule of thumb, generally applicable to small to medium stands, is that you should expect to pay for your exhibition stand, roughly the same that you paid for your exhibition space. Even within this rule of thumb, there can be substantial variation dependent upon the size, height and complexity of the stand. And with large exhibition space, the rule becomes inapplicable. At Quadrant2Design we approach the vexed question of cost by offering free ‘no-obligation’ design. Once we have a finished design we can provide a detailed quotation. For the record, we have designed and built exhibition stands for as little as £5000, up to a maximum of £50,000. The majority of our projects fall within the range of £7000 to £15,000.
How much will the 2nd stand cost?: Again, a difficult question and one that is often deliberately left blurred and unanswered by exhibition stand contractors. If you go with an old-fashioned custom-build exhibition stand (one built of timber products, laminate and paint) expect to pay approximately 80% of the original cost, to repeat the stand next year, in the same space and venue. This is because when you ‘break-down’ this type of exhibition stand, you inevitable damage it, necessitating expensive refurbishment before the stand can be re-installed. In addition, these traditional stands are expensive to store, transport and use more labour to build. Our stands, built in the Prestige Events System, are not damaged upon breakdown, are light for transport and pack down into much smaller space for storage. They can be transported in smaller vehicles and are quick to build. For these reasons an exact re-install of one our exhibition stands, within the same stand space, at the same venue will typically cost around 30% of the original cost.
Is hiring an exhibition stand better than buying?: In our business, by far the most popular plan we have is Free2hire™, which around 80% of our clients choose. These are rental exhibition stand projects, but with a difference. You pay nothing for the hire of the exhibition stand structure. You do pay for your exhibition graphics, management, transport and installation. Of course, the service isn’t entirely ‘free’ but it will reduce your costs significantly. Free2hire™ is also very versatile. There is no contract to sign, you can use it once, or twice, or for a whole campaign of exhibits. We also store your graphics free of charge and you can reconfigure your stand, or scale up or down, with no extra hardware cost.

Our exhibition stands are very easy to self-install. In fact, the Prestige Events System was originally conceived as a self-build exhibition system. Approximately 20% of our clients self build their exhibition stand, always with our support and help.

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